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[No- 795,068. PATENTED JULY 18, 1905. H. P. SGHAUWBGKER.

RACK.

I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16,1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,068, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed February 16, 1905. Serial No. 245,865.

To aZZ whmn it may concern."

Be it known that I, HERMAN F. SoHAU- WECKER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in towel-racks, and has for its object to provide a novel form of towelrack which will be extremely simple in' construction, ornamental, and highly eflicient for the purpose for which it is used.

My invention aims to provide a towel-rack construction of as few parts as possible to maintain a strong and durable construction.

Briefly described my improved towel-rack is constructed of wire which is bent to form an ornamental rack adapted to be supported upon a wall or suitable support, and in connection with the rack I employ a rod to support a towel or the like article.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and referring to the drawings accompanying this application like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout both views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved towel-rack, illustrating the same as supporting a towel; and Fig. 2 is a top plan.

view of the same, the towel removed.

.To put my invention into practice, I preferably construct the rack of a plurality of pieces of substantial Wire, which are bent to conform to a frame having outwardly-extending brackets. The body portion of the rack is substantially rectangular in form and is formed of a single piece of wire 1, which is bent to form a rectangular frame having ornamental corners 2 2. The wire forming the top and lower edges of the rectangular frame is bent to form loops or eyelets 3 3 and 4, the eyelets 3 3 forming means whereby the rack can be supported upon nails or projections carried by a wall or suitable support.

The brackets 5 5 of my improved rack are formed of two pieces of wire which are bent to form a filigree or ornamental design 6 Within the rectangular frame, and the ends of the wire are bent together, as indicated at 7, and the ends of one of the wires are bent to form spring-hooks 8 8, which are adapted to support a rod 9. The ends of the hooks are bent upon themselves, as indicated at 10, to form a head, and these hooks are preferably formed whereby to place the rod 9 within the brackets 5 5 it will be necessary to pull the heads 10 1O outwardly in order to slightly spring the hooks 8 8 to permit the rod 9 to be placed therein. This construction insures the retaining of the rod 9 within the hooks 8 8, and to remove the same it is necessary that the heads 10 10 be sprung outwardly to permit of the rod 9 being raised out of the hooks 8 8. Upon the rod 9 is adapted to be supported a towel 11 or the like article.

The wires forming the brackets 5 5 are preferably soldered to the wire 1 of the rack at their contacting points; but I may wind the wires forming the brackets around the wire 1 forming the rectangular frame, thus dispensing with any soldering or permanent fastening means.

l/Vhile I have herein illustrated the rack as being formed of a plurality of wires and of one design, it is obvious that the same can be readily formed of one piece of wire bent to form the desired ornamentation. It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the general spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a towelrack formed of a series of separate strands of wire, one of said strands of Wire bent to form a substantially rectangular frame comprising upper and lower arms and vertical end bars, the wire forming the upper and lower arms being looped to form eyelets, and the wire forming the vertical end bars and being coiled to form corner-pieces for the frame, the remaining strands of wire being placed between the upper and-lower arms of the frame, and crossing each other, and being secured to said In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

HERMAN F. SOHAUWECKER.

Witnesses:

JACOB SOFFEL, THEO. F. WOLF. 

